Athlon 64 X2 6000+ vs Core 2 Duo P7550

Place in the ranking	2843	2802
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	no data
Power efficiency	2.01	0.45
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Windsor (2006−2007)
Release date	1 October 2009 (15 years ago)	August 2007 (17 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo P7550 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+ basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	2 (Dual-core)
Threads	2	2
Base clock speed	2.26 GHz	no data
Boost clock speed	2.26 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus rate	1066 MHz	no data
L1 cache	no data	256 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	512K
L3 cache	3 MB L2 Cache	0 KB
Chip lithography	45 nm	90 nm
Die size	107 mm²	220 mm²
Maximum core temperature	90 °C	no data
Number of transistors	410 Million	227 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo P7550 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+ compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	no data	1
Socket	PGA478	AM2
Power consumption (TDP)	25 Watt	125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo P7550 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo P7550 and Athlon 64 X2 6000+ technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDB

no data

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core 2 Duo P7550 0.53

Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 0.59
+11.3%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Duo P7550 849

Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 930
+9.5%

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Core 2 Duo P7550 273
+13.3%

Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 241

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Core 2 Duo P7550 436
+4.1%

Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 419